CVE-2021-3537
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 14, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- May 5, 2021
Description
A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libxml2n/a |
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References
- FEDORA-2021-e3ed1ba38bvendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210510 [SECURITY] [DLA 2653-1] libxml2 security updatemailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956522
- FEDORA-2021-b950000d2bvendor-advisory
- GLSA-202107-05vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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